Violin



G. ABRAMS.

VIOLIN.

(No Model.)

No. 473,439. Patented Apr. 26, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE ABRAMS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

VIOLIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,439, dated April26, 1892.

Application filed August 15, 1891- Serial No. 402,765= (N0 model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE ABRAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inViolins, of which the following is a specificatiomreference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in violins; and it consists incertain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, which fully illustrate my invention, Figure lis a front elevation of a violin embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is aside view of the samewith the neck in longitudinal section, and Fig. 3is a transverse section of the rosette.

Referring more particularly to the drawings by letter, A designates thebody of the violin, and B the neck of the same. The body is composed ofthe front and back pieces or plates 0 D and a single continuous sidepiece E, which is bent into the shape desired for the instrument. Thissingle continuous side piece is set into the front and back plates andsuitable brackets or ornaments F are secured at intervals upon the outerside thereof, so as to strengthen the device and relieve the simplicityof its appearance. It willthus be seen that I obviate the necessity ofemploying internal braces in the instrument, and consequently I obtain avery full and pure tone when the instrument is played. By constructingthe body of three pieces, as described, I am enabled to produce astronger violin than has been produced heretofore, and at the same timeI am enabled to manufacture them more rapidly and cheaply than hasheretofore been done.

At the lower or wider end of the front plate and slightly to one side ofthe center thereof I provide the integral extension G, which is curvedslightly upward to form a chin-rest. This construction presents anintegral chinrest, by which the violin can be always held in the properposition, as it cannot slip around on the body of the instrument.

In the upper end of the neck of the instrument I provide a chamber H, inwhich the tuning-keys are transversely mounted. The front of thischamber is normally covered and closed by a slide I, which is mounted ingrooves in the sides of the same, and is adapt ed to be brought downover the keys, as shown in the drawings, to exclude dust and dirt. Belowthis slide and chamber I provide a transverse series of perforations Jin the neck of the violin, through which the strings are passed, and bywhich they are held in such a position that their ends can be easilyseized and inserted through the perforations in the keys.

The rosette K is hollow, and within the same I mount a spool L, uponwhich the extra strings may be wound, so as to be always at hand. Oneside of the rosette M is made removable, as will be readily understoodupon reference to Fig. 3, to permit the insertion and removal of thestrings.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have producedaviolin which can be manufactured very cheaply and rapidly and whichwill be very strong and durable. Extra strings will always be at hand,and dirt and dust are prevented from collecting on the keys. A reliablechin-rest is also provided.

Particularattention is called to the transverse series of perforationsin the neck of the violin. \Vhen stringing the instrument, the lowerends of the strings are secured in the usual manner and the strings arethen brought up over the neck and their free ends inserted through thesaid perforations. The ends of the strings will thus be held togetherand prevented from dropping while the keys are inserted into position,and while each successive string is being attached to its respectivekey. After the strings have been attached to the keys the slide ispushed down over the keys, and they are then turned, so as to bring thestrings to the proper pitch.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat ent, is-

1. A violin provided with a hollow rosette.

2. A violin provided with a hollow rosette and having a spool removablymounted in the said rosette.

3. A violin having a transverse series of In testimony whereof I affixmy signature in string-receiving perforationsin its neck below thepresence of two witnesses. the tuning-keys.

4. A violin having a chamber in the upper GEORGE ABRAMS' 5 end of itsneck to receive the tuning-keys, and Witnesses:

a. slide adapted to close the front side of the G. W. SHIRLEY, saidchamber. WM. '0. SOOTNEY.

